Friday, September 30, 2011

i hadnt been to a show since this years National. it seems a whole lot longer then two months ago now.
So this weekend, there is a show in White Plains, Friday to Sunday. Their "Friday" hours usually start
later in the day, and extend later then the weekend hours. i like that, i like tha ta lot as i am not a
morning person.

So i headed to the show today without many expectations since lets be honest here, everything after
attending The National is bound to be a disappointment.

Well, i was not happy to see that many of the dealers that i wanted to see were not there. a little shocking,
but these things happen.

i have a lot of pics to show, hope you dont mind....

my main goal at the show was to pick up Bretts that i need to submit for my registry. picking them up via
shows is the best bet because i not only get to see the condition before buying, i dont have to pay for shipping.
well, there werent that many Bretts to be had (i know, i was shocked as well). Here are the ones that i picked up:
(i will hang on to them and replace them if i feel i can pick up nicer ones before submitting)

at shows, i also love to pick up those "$1 1980's boxed sets" that were so over-produced at the time, but are a
blast for me to go through (these are also better picked up in person because of shipping costs if bought online)
well, i was only able to come up with these...

(that bottom row are "packs" of 1994 UD Heroes made buy the seller that sold me the top row. they have at least
the "one per pack" parallels showing on the front and back. Since i need all Bretts from the set, i picked them up)

in what was probably the biggest disappointment, only one dealer had any sort of "junk wax", and not all that much
at that. i picked these up to rip for my "Ripping For Bretts" project

Since the show was devoid of much to pick up (no needed HOF RC Slabs or the like) i decided to look for stuff
that others might want/appreciate

i found a dealer that was selling these items for a really good price:

(just took one pic of these, but i picked up a good number of other Brett Box Bottoms)
(ok, these are for me as well...lol)

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Weather: 71, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target
Weather During Walk: towards the end of my walk, got really dark and began to rain.....then poured rain when i got into the house.....dark to the point of needing to put the light on in my room.....now the sun is out
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: ---
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

He's been in the hobby for many many years, with ups and downs along the way. He's thinking about collecting again, but he's not sure, and if he does, he doesn't know what his focus will/should be.

That got me to thinking...what if that had happened to me?
Such a loaded question, so many answers.

Focus Focus Focus

Focus is so difficult in this hobby of ours, and it is such a key to collecting that many do not have.

My friend is a Yankees fan, he has been for a very long time, he's not one of those annoying Yankees fans. I told him that he should pick a player from his youth, and be a hardcore collector of that player, even dabble in the PSA registry.

The PSA registry is a powerful drug. VERY powerful let me tell ya!

So what would I do? I have no idea really, but I'd probably pick one or two guys, collect them hardcore and build a nice registry.

Weather: 68, overcast/rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: rain off and on, then off
Overall Walk Performance: average
Current Mood: tired, arms hurting
How is your diabetes today?: ---
Fasting BG this morning?: 89

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Weather: 70, humid/warm, pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + 2.5 hours of power washing the rest of the house
Weather During Walk: sunny, warm, not nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok, better then yesterday
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: tired
Fasting BG this morning?: 79

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Weather: 74, warm, pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: warm, sunny
Overall Walk Performance: slow and sluggish
Current Mood: not feeling well today
How is your diabetes today?: there
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

Saturday, September 24, 2011

i just can't help myself when it comes to these sealed cases. these were always too costly for me to afford when they were released. All these years later (20+ of them wow!)they are very affordable. Hell, these sealed CASES are "cheaper" then most of 2011's sealed BOXES. yea, yea, yea i know, things changed. But these cases are going to be so much fun to open, having the contents see their first light of day since they were manufactured all those years ago...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Weather: 72, muggy, overcast/rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.05 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, then rain about half way through
Overall Walk Performance: decent
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

i wound up pulling three Brett Base Cards, one should be a 9, the other two would probably be in the 8 range.

and the second to last pack netted me the absolute best pull i could ask for in this entire product! There are 12 cards in this insert set, the box had three in it. i was really happy to land the GB!
The lower left corner has some wear (not as bad as it seems in the pic), looking at an 8 on it.

Here's a pic of "the hits"

Overall i am naturally happy with the rip as i was able to pull the only two Brett issues in the release. That being said, the rip wasn't all that entertaining, as the cards themselves were all over the place inside each pack, upside down, etc.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Since i've decided to go hard-core into my George Brett and to some extent Mike Schmidt PSA Registries, i'm finding it harder to pick up slabs i need. This means that im going to have to rip wax myself to get the cards needed to submit.

Sure i could pick up the singles and submit them, the problem with that is that those singles are going on two decades of age, if not more. They are not in the shape that i am looking for (8 or better)

So the other night i ripped this box:

picked it up for $8 from BBCE. There's no Schmidt in it (his playing days cards ended with a few issues in 1990 sets), but there is a "Highlights" insert of Brett's that i still need

i was lucky enough to pull one:

unfortunately the upper left corner has some issues going on with it and i think im looking at a "7" on it if i submit it.

it was fun to rip this twenty year old wax box. i did learn something though, the raw cards (in this box at least) are very rough. diamond cuts, dings, the works.
i may have to re-think my approach about buying slabs and bite the bullet, especially with wax that only has Brett in it, and no Schmidt's

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Weather: 70ish, overcast/rain/drizzle
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: rain on and off
Overall Walk Performance: ok, better yesterday
Current Mood: fed up
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Weather: 60s, overcast, muggy, rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: off and on drizzle, not too warm. was able to walk before the rains came
Overall Walk Performance: good today actually
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 87

Monday, September 5, 2011

Weather: low 70s, overcast, not as humid as yesterday
Did you walk today?: no
If So, how far?: had to get up early and go to work
Weather During Walk: walked a lot at the US Open yesterday
Overall Walk Performance:
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 74

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Weather: low 70s, very light clouding, not particularly warm nor cool
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 2.00 miles + a trip to SAMs
Weather During Walk: ok
Overall Walk Performance: horribly sluggish, didnt "have it" today, had to cut it short at 2 miles
Current Mood: tired. got up early to get some errands done.
How is your diabetes today?: totally winning today, not feeling well at all
Fasting BG this morning?: 89